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HS recruiting is still the lifeblood of this program.
The overwhelming majority of this year's team were HS recruits. That's likely to always be the case.

This year's class is mildly disappointing on it's face, but it's always hard to project these kids.

Aireontae Ersery, for example, was a middling 3 star in the 2020 class. He developed into the 2024 B1G OL of the Year, and he'll play on Sundays.

That class also produced Joyner, Striggow, Daniel Jackson, and Cody Lindenberg.

MN will likely always be a development program.

Welcome aboard, class of 2025.
 

60's Guy said:
All true, but I do think class recruiting rankings are a factor in on field performance. We are at 51 last I looked...so we gotta make it up in the portal or out coach our opponents many who rank well ahead of us in recruiting.
Slotted 15th in the Big Ten Big Ten Rankings
We did seem to recruit a higher rated QB than we typically do. Maybe he is the wild card.
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Team recruiting rankings were mostly worthless before the portal.....they are completely worthless now.

It would actually be really interesting to look at the 2021 or 2022 recruiting classes for teams and see how many of those guys are even on the roster for the team they committed to. I bet the amount of attrition would be off the charts with the way players move around.
 

MNVCGUY said:
Team recruiting rankings were mostly worthless before the portal.....they are completely worthless now.

It would actually be really interesting to look at the 2021 or 2022 recruiting classes for teams and see how many of those guys are even on the roster for the team they committed to. I bet the amount of attrition would be off the charts with the way players move around.
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Mindless comment

The 21 and 22 classes gave the Gophers

Eastern
Brockington
Walley
D Williams
Geers
A Smith
Beers
Hoskins
T Nelson
Bryson
Baranowski

HS recruiting will always form the majority of future Gopher teams. We are unlikely to break into the upper tier of the B1G until we recruit at a higher level.
 




MNVCGUY said:
Team recruiting rankings were mostly worthless before the portal.....they are completely worthless now.

It would actually be really interesting to look at the 2021 or 2022 recruiting classes for teams and see how many of those guys are even on the roster for the team they committed to. I bet the amount of attrition would be off the charts with the way players move around.
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There are a million factors but I find this interesting...our recruiting classes annually rank between 30 and 50. And our team at season's end for on field performance slots in somewhere between the 30th and 50th best team.
Yet, the teams that annually recruit at a TOP 25 level are the teams in the Top 25 level. The same teams get the best portal additions. Sure, there are exceptions, but the teams in the playoff picture are Top 25 recruiting teams....so it matters. To say it doesn't is silly.Screen Shot 2024-12-04 at 1.19.17 PM.pngScreen Shot 2024-12-04 at 1.19.47 PM.png
 






60's Guy said:
There are a million factors but I find this interesting...our recruiting classes annually rank between 30 and 50. And our team at season's end for on field performance slots in somewhere between the 30th and 50th best team.
Yet, the teams that annually recruit at a TOP 25 level are the teams in the Top 25 level. The same teams get the best portal additions. Sure, there are exceptions, but the teams in the playoff picture are Top 25 recruiting teams....so it matters. To say it doesn't is silly.View attachment 34920View attachment 34921
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To be clear when I say they are worthless I am talking more about saying a team has the 35th best class or is 15th best in their conference. There are tiers to be sure.

Ohio State, Oregon, Michigan, Penn State.....are bringing in a different caliber of athlete than the bulk of the conference and in general they are going to be the top teams in the conference year in and year out because of it. Same thing is happening in the SEC and other top conferences where there are the helmet schools and top teams who year in and year out can attract the best players and are in the National Championship picture.

Our class is definitely not in that elite upper tier but where it falls in relation to the rest is impossible to truly say until years later.
 


MN High School Players Expected Landing Spots (BOLD P4)
43 Total Players
23 to the Missouri Valley Conference
7 to St. Thomas


Aidan Adamski, Hermantown: St. Thomas
Ryan Babatz, Buffalo: North Dakota State
Jack Bauer, Eastview: St. Thomas
Malachi Boadi, Minnetonka: St. Thomas
Trey Boyd, Shakopee: Northwestern
Chase Brixius, Benilde-St. Margaret’s: North Dakota State
Michael Bruggers, Champlin Park: Air Force
Khalif Brown, Benilde-St. Margaret’s: North Dakota State
Carter Carstens, Chanhassen: St. Thomas
Ethan Cole, Chatfield: North Dakota
Max Coles, Shakopee: South Dakota
Damian Devine, Holy Angels: North Dakota State
Luke Emmerich, Monticello: Wisconsin
Chase Evink, Hancock: North Dakota State
Sebastyen Fries, Lakeville North: South Dakota State
Kyle Frendt, East Ridge: Wyoming
Colin Hansen, Byron: Minnesota
Nathan Hromadka, Maple Grove: North Dakota
Dylan Hudgens, Minnetonka: South Dakota
Abdul Jinadu, Champlin Park: Drake
Elijah Johnson, Fairmont: St. Thomas
Emmanuel Karmo, Cooper: Minnesota
Charles Langama, Maple Grove: North Dakota
Frank McAninch, Mankato West: North Dakota
Brody Miller, Shakopee: South Dakota State
Michael Naber, Shakopee: St. Thomas
Damarius Russell, Waseca: South Dakota State
Elijah Rumph, Eden Prairie: Western Kentucky
Luke Ryerse, East Ridge: Minnesota
Blake Schiltz, Pine Island: North Dakota State
Graysen Schneider, Stewartville: Montana State
Trillion Sorrell, Edina: South Dakota State
Ethan Stendel, Caledonia: Minnesota
Meyer Swinney, Edina: California
Abu Tarawallie, Providence Academy: Minnesota
Owen Thiegels, Moorhead: North Dakota
Beau Thielen, Eagan: St. Thomas
Theo Thomas, Totino-Grace: Northern Iowa
Dylan Vokal, Maple Grove: North Dakota State
Gavin Wang, Annandale: North Dakota State
Josh Wedel, Chaska: South Dakota State
Jacob Wrbanek, Maple Grove: North Dakota State
Josiah Young, Totino-Grace: Northern Iowa
 

GopherTheJugular said:
Isn't that what they were doing before?
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As per Ryan Burns write up:

Prospects will no longer sign national letters of intent — which have existed for 60 years — but will now sign binding financial aid agreements with universities. However, signing the new piece of paper will have the same binding qualities to a university and likely will include contract details once revenue sharing begins next academic year. The financial aid agreement will also bind transfers to universities, prohibiting other schools from contacting and "flipping" transfers after they sign.
 

MaxyJR1 said:
MN High School Players Expected Landing Spots (BOLD P4)
43 Total Players
23 to the Missouri Valley Conference
7 to St. Thomas


Aidan Adamski, Hermantown: St. Thomas
Ryan Babatz, Buffalo: North Dakota State
Jack Bauer, Eastview: St. Thomas
Malachi Boadi, Minnetonka: St. Thomas
Trey Boyd, Shakopee: Northwestern
Chase Brixius, Benilde-St. Margaret’s: North Dakota State
Michael Bruggers, Champlin Park: Air Force
Khalif Brown, Benilde-St. Margaret’s: North Dakota State
Carter Carstens, Chanhassen: St. Thomas
Ethan Cole, Chatfield: North Dakota
Max Coles, Shakopee: South Dakota
Damian Devine, Holy Angels: North Dakota State
Luke Emmerich, Monticello: Wisconsin
Chase Evink, Hancock: North Dakota State
Sebastyen Fries, Lakeville North: South Dakota State
Kyle Frendt, East Ridge: Wyoming
Colin Hansen, Byron: Minnesota
Nathan Hromadka, Maple Grove: North Dakota
Dylan Hudgens, Minnetonka: South Dakota
Abdul Jinadu, Champlin Park: Drake
Elijah Johnson, Fairmont: St. Thomas
Emmanuel Karmo, Cooper: Minnesota
Charles Langama, Maple Grove: North Dakota
Frank McAninch, Mankato West: North Dakota
Brody Miller, Shakopee: South Dakota State
Michael Naber, Shakopee: St. Thomas
Damarius Russell, Waseca: South Dakota State
Elijah Rumph, Eden Prairie: Western Kentucky
Luke Ryerse, East Ridge: Minnesota
Blake Schiltz, Pine Island: North Dakota State
Graysen Schneider, Stewartville: Montana State
Trillion Sorrell, Edina: South Dakota State
Ethan Stendel, Caledonia: Minnesota
Meyer Swinney, Edina: California
Abu Tarawallie, Providence Academy: Minnesota
Owen Thiegels, Moorhead: North Dakota
Beau Thielen, Eagan: St. Thomas
Theo Thomas, Totino-Grace: Northern Iowa
Dylan Vokal, Maple Grove: North Dakota State
Gavin Wang, Annandale: North Dakota State
Josh Wedel, Chaska: South Dakota State
Jacob Wrbanek, Maple Grove: North Dakota State
Josiah Young, Totino-Grace: Northern Iowa
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Abu technically goes to Heritage Christian, but plays football for Providence. Heritage co-ops with Providence for football.
 



mggoph said:
As per Ryan Burns write up:

Prospects will no longer sign national letters of intent — which have existed for 60 years — but will now sign binding financial aid agreements with universities. However, signing the new piece of paper will have the same binding qualities to a university and likely will include contract details once revenue sharing begins next academic year. The financial aid agreement will also bind transfers to universities, prohibiting other schools from contacting and "flipping" transfers after they sign.
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Does this mean that for the B1G, a scholarship is only guaranteed for one year vs all four years?
 

mggoph said:
As per Ryan Burns write up:

Prospects will no longer sign national letters of intent — which have existed for 60 years — but will now sign binding financial aid agreements with universities. However, signing the new piece of paper will have the same binding qualities to a university and likely will include contract details once revenue sharing begins next academic year. The financial aid agreement will also bind transfers to universities, prohibiting other schools from contacting and "flipping" transfers after they sign.
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Burns mentioned it was a trade off so that coaches can have time off without worrying about losing recruits.
 


National signing day, though important, seems to be losing value. Just read where half of Oregons starters began their career elsewhere. Outside of our top 5 guys or so in this class, how many will transfer? Portal is going to play a bigger part of building roster moving forward
 

sounds like the Gophers made a late addition to the HS class. Andy Greder of the Pioneer Press just tweeted:

#Gophers signed running back Trey Berry to its 2025 recruiting class. the Montgomery, Alabama product has a 3-star rating with offers from Boston College and others. (Berry steps into spot vacated by Shane Marshall when Marshall flipped to Georgia Tech on Wednesday).

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more details on Berry: 5'11", 205 lbs.
3-star with a grade of 85 from 247. 48th best player in Alabama, 111th best RB overall.

34 offers, made 2 official visits. other offers listed include: Boston College, Northwestern, Syracuse, Illinois State, Georgia State, James Madison, Kent State, Liberty, Louisiana-Monroe, Maine, Marshall.
 


MonikerSchmoniker45 said:
Burns mentioned it was a trade off so that coaches can have time off without worrying about losing recruits.
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Hopefully it works. Seems like anything that restricts player movement at all these days has been stripped away. Would love to see some sort of actually enforceable contract of some kind but not holding my breath.
 

Restore the old portal/transfer rules - that will go a long way toward ending anarchy and restoring loyalty and discipline. ADs and coaches should be able to get that done.
 


GopherTheJugular said:
What color is the sky in your world, lol.
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Yeah, as much as it would be great to see some of the old rules put in place (especially sitting out a year if you aren't a grad transfer) those days are long gone.
 

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